The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-02

him that he wss on switch and not on
the main line. After the train thuudered
Dy, Waterman released him. He was
very lame for several days.
At Cane Hill, Ark, one night recently,
James Houston was awakened by g noise
under his bed. Lighting lamp he looked
under and saw what he at first supposed to
be cat, but when he struck it with cane
big snake daried after him. He drove it
Deighbor's for safety, and went back and
killed the serpent with q pitchfork. 1t
measured eleven feet nine inches in
length, had stripes running diagonally
around its body, and had recently sval-
lowed three young kittens
Herr Wichmann, of the German Reich
stag, is q very absent-minded man. He
gave an illustration of this popularity the
other day, when, in calling the roll he
came to his own name. He called 1t, and
received no answer. Then he called it
again in louder tone. Still no reply. The
third time ne called his name, this time
with tremendous shout, as though rs
knew the owner of the name was ia the
house and ought to answer. and it was
only the rosrs of laughter that followed
that brought him to his senses.
Editor Twitchell, OF the Gorham Me }
Nountsineer, values highly his grand
mothers spinniRg-wheel, for it has pretty
history. Eighty-fve years sgo Grandfather
Twitchell. then q stalwart young man,
went to Freyburg to get him wife. He
rode one horse and led another. When he
went home, on the led horse rode Grand
mother TwitGhell, then a blooming young
woman. and fast to the saddle behind her
was tie this identical spinning wheel.
Young couples in Portland Me, thst
have recently returned from bridal tours
are comparing notes of bad luck. One
young man was detained By the police on
suspicion that he might be a law breaker
for whom they were looking Another
was taken into custody because he au-
sTered the description of man who had
eloped. The incident spoiled the journey
of the bride, who was thereafter seized
with nervousness whenever a policeman
came in sight.
They tell good story of Jesse Packard,
of Buckfeld, Me. The Old man was not a
teetotsler, and one evening, going home
from the tavern pretty full, picked quar-
rel with neishbor aud was knocked out
in the fight that followed. His limp and
apparently lifeless body was carried home,
and one Of bis boys seeing it, moaned :
"Oh, dad, you are kilt you are KILT" Old
Packard never stirred, but he growled out:
Well, d-n 1t, don't yous'pose 1 know it
swell as you do2'
A new dodge 10 beat the railroad COM
peny odt of fare was tried recently on
the Pennsylvania railroad, says The Pitts.
burg Com mercisl Gszstte As one of the
through trains Westward stopped at AL
toona in the morning, it was boarded by
young man with about dozen news
papers under hts arm. He wore On his
head Union News company cap, aud
looked not unlike the young torrents who
drop boxes OF candy in the laps OF plssen-
gers. After the train had started he found
that the'regular newsboy OF the train was
in The smoking car, and he accordingly
made for the rear end. While going
through he called out the papers he had,
ard by doing this he sste'y passed the
conductor. 0ne Of the passengers bought
a paper from him, and was not little sur
prised ct what the paper contained. His
eye happened to strike something about
Chfistmss, and then looking at the date.
he saw the paper was nearly year old.
By this time the boy that sold the paper
wss in another car, aud the real train.boy
Was Just then entering. The passenger
poup ced upon him and demanded the re-
turn Of his money, aud threatened to re-
port the boy when he got to Pittsburg
Tho result of this mistake was that the
fraudulent 'newsie" was put off.